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Lorenzo Snow

5th President: 1898 - 1901

Contents

    PreparationMinistryTeachingsTestimony
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    • Preparation 

    • April 3, 1814

      Born at Mantua, Portage County, Ohio to Oliver Snow and Rosetta Lenora Pettibone.

    • Preparation of Lorenzo Snow: A Man Receptive to Truth
    • A young Lorenzo Snow
    • June 19, 1836

      Baptized a member of the Church of the Latter Day Saints (now The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

    • Preparation of Lorenzo Snow: Complete Baptism and Silken Robes
    • Preparation of Lorenzo Snow: Preserved to Become a Prophet
    • Ministry

    • 1837-1852

      Served missions in Ohio, Southern Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, England, Italy, Switzerland, and Malta

    • Ministry of Lorenzo Snow: A Faithful Missionary in Europe
    • Portrait of Elder Lorenzo Snow
    • Lorenzo Snow, age 53
    • February 12, 1849

      Ordained an Apostle by Heber C. Kimball at age 34

    • Lorenzo Snow was the first President of the Salt Lake Temple
    • Lorenzo Snow, age 56
    • Ministry of Lorenzo Snow: A Vision of the Lord
    • September 13, 1898

      Became the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

    • Lorenzo Snow, age 72
    • Ministry of Lorenzo Snow: Leading the Church Out of Financial Bondage
    • View Additional Timeline Events

      Read a Biographical Sketch

    • Lorenzo Snow speaks from the pulpit of the Brigham City Tabernacle
    • Teachings

    • “"The Spirit of the Lord rested mightily upon me—the eyes of my understanding were opened, and I saw as clear as the sun at noonday, with wonder and astonishment, the pathway of God and man. I formed the following couplet which expresses the revelation, as it was shown me.... As man now is, God once was: As God now is, man may be.””
      —Unknown
    • Lorenzo Snow and his counselors in the First Presidency
    • "No wise Bishop will fail to appreciate the labors of the Relief Society in his ward. What could a Bishop do without a Relief Society? I would say to all the Bishops in the Church, encourage the sisters of the Relief Society, and support them in their work of charity and benevolence, and they will prove a blessing to you and to the people."

    • Teachings of Lorenzo Snow: Love for All Mankind: A Greeting to the World
    • "When we go back into the other life and find our dead friends living there, if we have not performed the labor that is necessary for their exaltation and glory we shall not feel very happy and it will not be a very pleasant meeting."

    • Testimony

    • “There is no man that knows the truth of this work more than I do. I know it fully; I know it distinctly. I know there is a God just as well as any man knows it, because God has revealed Himself to me. I know it positively. I shall never forget the manifestations of the Lord; I never will forget them as long as memory endures. It is in me.“

    • Testimony of Lorenzo Snow
    • “A word or two about Joseph Smith. Perhaps there are very few men now living who were so well acquainted with Joseph Smith the Prophet as I was. I was with him oftentimes. I visited him in his family, sat at his table, associated with him under various circumstances, and had private interviews with him for counsel. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God; I know that he was an honorable man, a moral man [...]. The Lord has shown me [...] that he was a prophet of God.“

    • Lorenzo Snow, age 78
    • Further Reading

      Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow

      Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow
      Melchizedek Priesthood and Relief Society lesson manual

      Lorenzo Snow, The Italian Mission (London: 1851)
      Contains letters from President Snow penned during his 1849-1851 mission in Italy

      Eliza R. Snow, Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1884)
      Biography written by President Snow's sister Eliza

      Francis M. Gibbons, Lorenzo Snow, Spiritual Giant, Prophet of God, (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1982)

      The Teachings of Lorenzo Snow, Fifth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, comp. by Clyde J. Williams, (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1984)

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